Yes it does. EDC
recommends the use of the "Pedal
Force" option and discourages use of the
“Wheel Force” and “% Available Friction” options
(see SIMON User Manual, page
4-25). The reason for this is
that SIMON has a very sophisticated braking system that is completely
by-passed if you use the "Wheel Force" and "%
Available Friction" options. Among other
things, if you use any input option other then
'Pedal Force,' proportioning has no effect and
ABS is not possible.
A
few additional things to keep in mind:
1. Some
users have a feel for the "% Available
Friction" option because of their prior
use of EDSMAC or EDSMAC4. A great way to get a feeling of how much pedal force
is required to slow a vehicle is to set up an event with an initial vehicle
speed of, say, 75 mph. Enter a Pedal Force brake table with zero pedal force at
t = 0, and 100 lb pedal force at t = 5 seconds. Execute. Then create a table in
Variable Output with pedal force in column 1 and total acceleration in column 2.
Voila! (Print a copy of this table for your file for future
reference.)
2. Using the Pedal Force option, you can disable the brake at one or more
individual wheels via the Set-up, Wheels pull-down menu option, then select the Brake tab.
3. Using the Pedal Force option,
you can lock one or more wheels (as from collision damage) using the Set-up, Wheels pull-down menu option, then select the Damage tab.